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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kelainan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lain kali"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lain-lain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "melainkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "selain"
}
],
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"2": "poz-pro",
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "ceb",
"2": "lain"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano lain",
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"2": "lain"
},
"expansion": "Bikol Central lain",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لاءين",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "lebih lain",
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"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "paling lain",
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}
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},
"expansion": "lain (Jawi spelling لاءين, comparative lebih lain, superlative paling lain)",
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}
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"pos": "adj",
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"english": "Other people",
"text": "Orang lain",
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"type": "example"
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"english": "'Twas different then, 'tis different now...",
"text": "Lain dahulu lain sekarang...",
"translation": "'Twas different then, 'tis different now...",
"type": "example"
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈlain/",
"tags": [
"Baku",
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈla.in]",
"tags": [
"Baku",
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/laen/",
"note": "Perak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ain"
},
{
"rhymes": "-in"
},
{
"ipa": "[läʲɪn",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "-ʲen",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "-ʲe̞n]",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
}
],
"word": "lain"
}
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"Malay adjectives",
"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
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"Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 14 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/ain",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "kelainan"
},
{
"word": "lain kali"
},
{
"word": "lain-lain"
},
{
"word": "melainkan"
},
{
"word": "selain"
}
],
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"3": "*laqin"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "lain"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano lain",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bcl",
"2": "lain"
},
"expansion": "Bikol Central lain",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "لاءين",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "lebih lain",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "paling lain",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "lain (Jawi spelling لاءين, comparative lebih lain, superlative paling lain)",
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"english": "Other people",
"text": "Orang lain",
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"english": "'Twas different then, 'tis different now...",
"text": "Lain dahulu lain sekarang...",
"translation": "'Twas different then, 'tis different now...",
"type": "example"
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlain/",
"tags": [
"Baku",
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈla.in]",
"tags": [
"Baku",
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/laen/",
"note": "Perak"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ain"
},
{
"rhymes": "-in"
},
{
"ipa": "[läʲɪn",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "-ʲen",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"ipa": "-ʲe̞n]",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor",
"Riau-Lingga"
]
}
],
"word": "lain"
}
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